Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-28
The Wit Of Wall Street Dies as lAis
Place I'm bermuda.
SOME OF THE STORIES TOLD ABOUT HIN,

w. X. Trayers died In Bermuda March 10 HIS
body arrived in New York city on the steamer
Oronoco yesterday. The funeral viii take place
Wednesday, Bishop Potter officiating and the In
| terment viii be at Newport. Mr.. Trayers leaves
fortune estimated at 100000 His wife and
| i've daughters and three sons were with him dur
| Ing his last hours and accompanied the body To
| New YORK. Besides being one OF the most popular
men In Wall street, he active I'm all public en-
| terprises Hewas president OF the New York Attn
| ietic Club and prominent member or the Union
! League, Manhattan and Union clubs. He WAS
| born in Baltimore In 1919. His wife is daughter
OF the late Reverdy johnson
The New York World says: When Col Larry
jerome talks about wm. X. Trayers he grows elo-
quent- A stream OF interesting anecdote 1ows
| from him, although the recollections bring "a
moistening OF his clear blue eye. Here are some
| OF his recollectons:
For years Travers and had more fun than can
1 nope 10 remember one morning we rode down In
\ a crowded Broadway stage, | sitting on his knee
We were the only men on board. AZ 18th street
/ a lady got in and had 10 stand Trayers nudgOd
me In the rfbs and every one heard him say:
Larry, w-w-why don't You g-g-giye the lady
Travers wasn't much OF a man on practical
Jokes but he had one long story he used to nriics
| as a practical joke now and then Gen MacAf-
| thur owned and ran Fuller's Hotel I'm Washington.
| In the sos. He was very solicitous 10 It's good
| reputation one evening Nm WAYNE Wells ana
a lot or Pottawautomie Indians strayed alon-
towards their rooms With lots OF rew alter IN THEM
Wells met a lady in the corridor, embraced her:
| She screamed and was Rescued. Trayers USED 10
| tell how he came down next morning and ad.
| dressed Gen. Macarthur, who was not only "A brave
| old soldier who had Killed half-a-dOzen men IA per-
sonal encounters, but the very soul OF punctiious
| courtesy. II hear you h-h-had a row last night"
| said TravprS.
| Nothing at all has TRANSFERRED SIR was the
generals reply, ''that might have occurred in
amy nrst-ciass hotel OF this magnitude and excel-
| lent management. Mr.. Fulton, son OF Robert Full
ton, the Inventor OF the steamboat, stood 10y .tho
| pillar and DIR. o'Br1en, late OF The United states
Army, was sitting reading near me. We heard
outcries, rushed upstairs, saw Mrs. Johnson. Of
Louisiana, struggling In the grasp or VIM Wayne
leased her. That was all, assure you sir" Then
another and another man came up and helped 90
| through the same conversation. L have heard
| Tfavers punish a bore by repeating the story &c
him In his bubbling, hesltating way, word for
word, until the poor man Ned.
He never played hurtful joke any one.
There isn't grain OF malice IN him. I remember
little job be arranged on Col Jennings at Fuers
| Hotel in Washington. Jennings wore No. hat.
one morning While breakfast was going on Tray-
erS sent his new hat back TO the maker with an
order to have a SMALLER one IA It's place. The
change was quickly made. Travers strolled IN
| and said: ''W-why Jennings, w-w-what an awful
head you've g-g-got!" Jennings laughed, but he
same thing to him After breakfast be tried 10 put
on his hat. The changellng wouldn't come any
where near his forehead. lie was frightened, and
Travers said: .Cc-c-cOlone send for a d-d-d-doc-
tor He did and stayed IN his bed all day with
Ice on his head, Travers kindly sitting with nim
and helping him cool down with well-iced cbam-
payne. Late In the afternoon the hat was sent
back, Jennings old one tried on easily, and he
pronounced cured. Travers never let him forget
the joke.
When 10 Mills arrived at Key West from a long
visit TO Havana he sent a telegram 10 Rufus
Hatch announcing his safe arrival.
''what did 10 telegraph" asked Mr.. Flower
.'why," said Mr.. TraVers, che t-t-thanked God
h-h-he was once more on t-t-terra Gotta
The next day, after Mr. Travers had seen MI
Mills, Henry Smith asked him how 10 looked
''b-b-but he says he feels n-new plus ulster"
Men with gigantic schemes have sought him
time and again. once he was appealed 10 by a
gentleman who wanted TO sell a mine. He showed
all the reports, and said he had taken 81, OOO,0Op
out OF the mine. He was willing 10 sell the prop
erty for sum considerably less than the amount
produced. eff you ha-hadnJ ta-taken anyJh-
thing out j think L would ta-take the mime"
Travers responded.
The famous vanderbilt bali exercised many gen.
tlemen on the question OF character and costume.
Mr.. Clews was In a quandary, and he appealed 10
had taken advantage OF his friendly relations with
Wallack, Mapleson and Abbey by sending inquir-
ing friends 10 them for permission TO select from
their theatrical wardrobes. The story goes that
the managers had mildly limited 10 Travers that
patience with the 1asmonaoie" had ceased TO be
a virtue, and TraverS was not Inclined 70 favor
them any more.
..Clews," he said, after some rejection, "why
d-donI you sh-sh-ugar coat your h-head and ego
Going uptown with several brokers, Travers
spied man selling parrots in front OF St. Pauls
''H-hold on, boys" he said, mysteriously, "weu
have some f-fun." Hailing the parrot-seller, and
that p-parrot t-talk7" "Talk?" the man replied.
with a contemptuous sheer. III he can't talk
better than you can III wiring his blasted neck"
'sC-come on b-boys," he called out 'this f-fun u
p-post-p-poned until another d-day-
A young friend, who had taken his advice In re-
gard 10 fortunate speculation and Withdrawn his
money from Wall street. bought a house. Subse-
quently Trayers met him, and asked how the
house suited 'The house Is all right, Mr.. Travers"
the friend replied; ''but am very much troubled
with rats" 'G-get q c-cat." "Tye had dozens, but
the rats actually drive them out OF the house"
''G-get q d-dog," was Traverss second sugges-
ton. 81 know where you can c-can g-get g-good
d-dog."
He recommended his friend, Harry Jennings the
dog fancier and agreed 20 go and help Ia selecting
q dog. one was thought worthy, and, Jennings
having put dozen or more rats In the PIT, IL was
thrown In to show how quickly IL could MI them.
The dog killed all except one-a gray bearded Old
raj. almost as big the dOg-which seized the dog
by the lower lip and held on. The dog yeiped
with pain and tried TO shake on the rat, but with
out effect. Travers, who was thoroughly excited
and running around The pit shouted: "B-buy the
rati b-buy the ratWs
Was Her Nauae N. X. NOOrxe
TIE IDENTITY OF THE GIRL MURDERED AT RAHWAY
eTrIL UEDlsCLOsED.
The identity OF the young woman murdered near
Railway, n. j., on Friday night, as stated In SAT-
urdays STAR, has not yet been established, neither
has the perpetrator OF the crime been discovered
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